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Central Africa

Cameroon
North wants prime ministership

Following its good score in the parliamentary elections, the ruling party has set its sights on selecting a prime minister from the far north.

Subscribers only Politics 30.10.2013

Cameroon
UPC's ambitions

Buoyed by its success in Nyong-et-Kellé (Centre) and Sanaga-Maritime (Coast) [...]

Subscribers only Politics 30.10.2013

Spotlight | Chad
Deby loses grip on industry

Chad president Idriss Deby has lost his latest petroleum battles. Indeed, his negotiations with Exxon collapsed and the conditions governing exploration by CNPC have highlighted his glaring lack of control over oil companies. The drop in production on the Doba [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.10.2013

DRC
Inga 3 project back in play

Just before the government of prime minister Augustin Matata Ponyo fell on Oct. 23, electricity minister Bruno Kapandji created a [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.10.2013

Gabon
Maixent Accrombessi

Oil minister Etienne Ngoubou wrote on Oct. 22 to oil companies that have displayed an interest in acreage in Gabon’s [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.10.2013

DRC
Crispin Atama

Congo-K’s hydrocarbons minister Crispin Atama was clearly one of the big losers when the government was dissolved on Oct. 23 [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.10.2013

DRC
Anna Friel

The fight of environmental NGOs against oil exploration in Democratic Republic of Congo is catching on with the international media. [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.10.2013

Sao Tome and Principe
Sinoangol goes whole hog

Sinoangol STP, a subsidiary formed out of an alliance between [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.10.2013

DRC
Akin Gump

The American lobbying concern was retained by the governor of [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.10.2013

DRC
Katumbi seeks American backing

The governor of the mineral-rich province of Katanga, Moise Katumbi, is seeking American support and to increase his region’s visibility [...]

Subscribers only Mining 22.10.2013

Central African Republic | Bangui
The mines ministry’s bright idea

Anxious to re-join the Kimberley Process, the authorities in Central [...]

Subscribers only Mining 22.10.2013

DRC
Gecamines sees need for higher spending

It's not $630 million that Generale des Carrieres et des [...]

Subscribers only Mining 22.10.2013

Spotlight | Central African Republic
Paris reads riot act to Djotodia

France might prefer not to be Africa's gendarme, but the situation in the increasingly chaotic Central African Republic is so desperate that Paris has had no choice but to come to the rescue. However, with yet another crisis to deal [.

Subscribers only Politics 16.10.2013

Congo
Beach affair catches up with Sassou

The president of Congo-B was not so concerned by the new disclosures about his personal assets, such as jewellery and clothes, as by the fact that France has put new energy into investigating the Brazzaville Beach massacre.

Subscribers only Politics 16.10.2013

Gabon
Ali gets upper hand in Haut-Ogooué

Wanting to avoid any unpleasant surprises in his heartland in the next local elections, Ali Bongo personally supervised the investiture of the GDP candidates.

Subscribers only Politics 16.10.2013

Gabon
Open war for an Ecolodge

Ali Bongo made improving the environment one of the cornerstones of Emerging Gabon. West Africa Newsletter investigates a specific case.

Subscribers only Politics 16.10.2013

Cameroon
Biya plays hard to get

Along with the DRC's Joseph Kabila, Cameroonian President Paul Biya [...]

Subscribers only Politics 16.10.2013

Congo
Jean-Francois Coutin (CFCO)

Frenchman Jean-Francois Coutin was made managing director of Chemin de [...]

Subscribers only Business 16.10.2013

Gabon
Ngoubou on sales trip to U.S.

Buoyed by his victory over Addax, Gabon’s oil minister Etienne Ngoubou flew to the United States at the end of [...]